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Michael Cohen won’t say if he’ll use his Trump interview to seek a pardon
Michael Cohen and President Donald Trump have apparently patched up their differences in private. Now, they can do it in public. The president is scheduled to do a phone interview Thursday with Cohen on the New York City radio show that Trump’s former lawyer and “fixer” began hosting last month. Cohen said in an interview…
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The Freedom Caucus is having a brutal primary run
The hard-right Freedom Caucus is having a rough primary season. Candidates with backing from the caucus and its allies flopped in primaries from Florida to Wyoming on Tuesday, adding to a string of recent losses for the group. In Florida, Catalina Lauf lost in a House GOP primary to replace Freedom Caucus member and Florida…
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‘Woefully underprepared’: Graham critics seize on her foreign policy misstep
South Carolina Sen. Darline Graham has given opponents fresh ammunition to attack her on her biggest vulnerability: her inexperience. She revealed a major blindspot in her understanding of a critical foreign policy issue, U.S.-Taiwan relations, during Tuesday’s debate for the Aug. 25 snap Senate primary runoff to replace her late brother Lindsey Graham. Her response…
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Poll: Americans say the White House has shifted its deportation campaign. They’re still not buying it.
Republicans are struggling to reverse the damage President Donald Trump’s immigration agenda has done with voters. With less than 90 days until the midterm election, the Trump administration has sought to keep Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials out of the headlines, pulling back on the high-profile, flashy raids in blue cities and minimizing public clashes…
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Florida voters, hungry for change, snub Dem establishment and even Trump
TALLAHASSEE, Florida — Million-dollar fundraising advantages and even endorsements from President Donald Trump did little to sway Florida voters Tuesday as they rattled the state’s parties by opposing candidates backed by the establishment. Newly minted Democratic socialist Angie Nixon scored a massive upset — and notched a win for progressives — by beating retired Lt.…
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Trump’s pick for Wyoming governor is the latest endorsee to lose primary
President Donald Trump just suffered another endorsement loss, this time in deep-red Wyoming. Republican state Sen. Eric Barlow defeated Trump-backed Superintendent of Public Instruction Megan Degenfelder in the gubernatorial primary on Tuesday. It’s another blow to Trump’s once-stellar primary endorsement record, which has shown vulnerabilities in recent weeks. Former MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell lost his…
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Inside Ossoff’s meticulously viral campaign
Some battleground candidates are going viral for shooting from the hip. Jon Ossoff is doing it from a carefully controlled script. Ossoff drew attention Sunday for calling out a little-known aide to President Donald Trump by first name on a Midtown Atlanta rally stage. It was part of a larger prepared speech that hammered Trump…
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Class act: The working-class game binding London and Canberra
CANBERRA — When a new British prime minister speaks to their Australian counterpart for the first time, it’s a reset of Australia’s oldest and deepest relationship. The agenda seems obvious: Intelligence sharing. Tariffs. Hot war and simmering conflict. If the conversation turns to sport, cricket has often been the obvious choice. But as Andy Burnham…
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The nation’s cartoonists on the week in politics
Every week political cartoonists throughout the country and across the political spectrum apply their ink-stained skills to capture the foibles, memes, hypocrisies and other head-slapping events in the world of politics. The fruits of these labors are hundreds of cartoons that entertain and enrage readers of all political stripes. Here’s an offering of the best…
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Bernie Sanders says he can’t get involved in every race. Some allies wish he would.
Sen. Bernie Sanders says he can’t be everywhere at once — even though some of his allies want him to be. Democratic socialist Francesca Hong lost by less than 4,000 votes in Wisconsin’s gubernatorial primary, an outcome several high-profile progressives are blaming on Sanders and other top national progressive leaders for staying out of the…